2020 was a successful year, including for the mobile segment of the gaming industry. Sensor Tower analysts calculated the segment’s revenue and stated: in the first nine months of this year, it managed to earn $58.7 billion.

Electronic Arts has been accused of using dynamic complexity technology in its three major sports franchises since 2017. The class action lawsuit against the company states that in this way users are forced to buy loot boxes.The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Northern California, the newspaper reports Gamesindustry.biz .

The company Azur Games, which previously specialized exclusively in mobile titles, a week ago announced the launch of its first project on consoles — battle royale Axes.io . We talked with Dmitry Yaminsky, CEO of the company, about why the mobile publisher decided to go to consoles, and also whether he has ambitions to take this market seriously in general.

Unity Technologies reported quarterly revenue for the first time being in the status of a public company. In the third quarter of 2020, the company’s revenue jumped by 53% at once and reached an impressive $200.8 million.

PUBG Corp. I found a way to circumvent the ban on PUBG Mobile and return the game to the Indian market. To do this, the company will release a new version of the project with a number of special changes, as well as invest $ 100 million in local businesses.How does the company plan to circumvent the ban?

ByteDance has entered into negotiations with a group of investors to raise $2 billion.  According to Bloomberg, this will raise the total valuation of TikTok’s parent company to $180 billion.ByteDance wants to attract new investments before bringing some of its businesses to the Hong Kong stock market.

The connection between Google Stadia and YouTube has become even stronger. Now premium subscribers of the video hosting can get the Stadia Premiere Edition bundle for free — it includes a gamepad and a Chromecast Ultra streaming player. But the offer is temporary and does not work for all countries.

In two months after the release, Marvel’s Avengers lost almost the entire audience. The number of simultaneous players has dropped by 96%, and the average online now rarely exceeds 700 people.Last weekend, the maximum online Marvel’s Avengers on Steam was 1,190 players.

The PlayStation 5 was officially launched today, but only in some regions. Russia is not among them. Sales of the new generation console in our country and in the rest of the world will start in a week.

The Hitman franchise turns 20 this month. In honor of this event, IO Interactive said that the audience of Agent 47 games exceeded 70 million people.The developers told about this in their blog.

The earnings of the American gaming market have again updated the historical maximum. In the third quarter, US gamers spent $11.2 billion on games, hardware and accessories. One of the most popular purchases was the Nintendo Switch — in three months, players bought as many copies of the console as no other platform in the states has sold yet.

Nexon has reported on the third quarter of fiscal year 2020, which was a record for it. Mobile revenue of the South Korean publisher grew by 140%, and the former head of TikTok joined the company’s board of directors.Key results for the third quarter

Apple will not receive compensation and fines from Epic Games. A federal judge found the claims of an American corporation groundless.

After two years of development, a new project by Nekki and Banzai Games, the mobile fighting game Shadow Fight Arena, has been released worldwide. We talked to the founders of the companies about how the game was being developed and why it is their first major step towards consoles and multiplatform.

Epic Games conducted a survey among Fortnite users to find out their opinion about the introduction of a monthly subscription to the game. This was told by a FireMonkey user who specializes in Fortnite news and drains.

Wanted: a game designer at Deus Craft, a project manager at Playrix, a senior programmer at Unity and C# at 2Reallife and a partner manager at WN Media Group.

The Grounded survival simulator has a new achievement — 5 million people entered the game in a little more than three months. At the same time, Obsidian Entertainment released the largest update for the title. Now players will be able to fight for life in a pond with koi carp.

The increase in base prices for games is one of the most discussed topics at the launch of a new generation of consoles. According to Bloomberg, Sony wanted to raise the price above the stated $70, and taking into account inflation, prices this year could even exceed $ 100.This year, several major publishers, including Take-Two and Sony, announced an increase in prices for individual games to $70.

Why gaming companies go on the stock exchange, does it really force them to treat their employees worse, and why some choose European markets for the placement of shares, while others choose American ones — Dmitry Burkovsky, Chief Investment Officer at Xsolla, talked about these and other topics.